Improvement in stair-robs



gtluiitd tatet @man @fina WILLIAM T. MERSEREAU, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSE Yf Letters Patent N o. 86,092, dated January 19, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pax-tof the .sam

To all whom it lma/y concem:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM T. MERSEREAU, of the city' of Newark, in the State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stair- Rods; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the drawing accompanying this specication,

in whichthe rod proper may be attached and detached in a convenient manner, and admitting, at same time, of

the appearance of a highly-ornamental rod in one continuous piece. 'I

A. is one of the buttons of the rod, containing an ornamental end-projection, b, either cast on the button solid, or else subsequently firmly attached thereto.

(l is the other button, over which the rod is first passed, consequently has the other ornamental endpiece, d, of the rod e, attached thereto, so that 'it can more away free of the rod, while the latter is being passed on to or taken ofi" both the buttons.

The plan, shown in the drawings, of the moving away of this piece, is by hinging the same on one side to a lip-piece, as seen at f, so that it will swing up and from o" the end of the rod; when it is desired to withdraw the rod from both buttons.

1. The combination, with a stair-rod, of buttons, containing end-pieces -or projections, and having one or both of such projections hinged, and operating substantially as described.

2. The button, in combination with an end-piece hinged thereto, and operating therewith, substantially 

